Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Chloe's ghostly pumpkin. She did all (okay most) of the carving herself.

Taya's cat/bat pumpkin.

The pumpkin guts are the best part!

Trick-or-treating with the Velanders

Taya was a hip pirate

Chloe was a dark angel

Spooky houses

Seriously awesome decorations!

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This guy was real & scary!

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When Chloe was younger she would say, "Trick or treat. Smell my feet. Give me something good to eat. If you don't, I don't care. I'll pull your underwear down." (Instead of saying, "I'll pull down your underwear." which rhymes.)

Well, the girls are a little older now and Chloe knows how to say the rhyme, but they thankfully have not outgrown trick-or-treating yet. I love, love, love Halloween! It's creepy, scary and fun! This year we went over to Cold Spring and went trick-or-treating with the Velanders. The kids ran from house to house until they have a bag full of candy and were so tired they almost fell asleep on the way home. There were some really awesome houses decked out for the night. Check out that one that had a full graveyard! And the guy at the end was a real guy...dressed up and just standing in his yard! Seriously! The kids wouldn't go anywhere near him. He kind of freaked me out too!

Our family

Corey

Taya

Chloe

Kristin (That's me!)

About Me

Hello everyone! I'm a 38 year old woman who is loving life after losing 137 pounds. I'm a NICU nurse and love my job. I have two beautiful girls, Taya, who is twelve, and Chloe, who is nine. They are the best! I have a sexy husband (at least he is to me) that also lost about 70 pounds after being diagnosed with diabetes several years ago. This summer my husband and I had surgery through a paired exchange program for organ donation. I donated one of my kidneys so Corey could receive a matching kidney from another donor. It was the most stressful, painful, wonderful & miraculous experience of our lives!
Life is pretty good right now! My husband has a new kidney, I've settled into my career, I love watching my girls grow up and be involved in a ton of activities, I love all my family and friends and I enjoy sharing life with my hubby of 16 years.